View full sizeThis week's Brecksville police blotter from the Sun Star-Courier features several traffic stops on Interstate 77.SUN NEWS FILE

DRUG POSSESSION, I-77: Police arrested a man and a woman for possession of marijuana after stopping their vehicle for not having a visible rear license plate at 11:58 p.m. Feb. 13.

At one point, the officer thought the suspect might run from him when the driver failed to pull over after several prompts from the officer.

The suspect ended up pulling off the highway onto Royalton Road before stopping.

The officer made the driver put his hands where he could see them and handcuffed him when he approached the vehicle. At this time, the officer noticed a woman in the front passenger seat.

The driver claimed he didn’t see the officer at first and then wanted to pull of the highway before stopping.

After smelling marijuana on the suspect, the officer asked if there were any drugs in the car, to which the driver responded, “it’s been smoked.”

The officer deployed the department’s K-9 officer to investigate. He signaled that there were drugs in the car and, sure enough, the officer found a marijuana cigar in the passenger’s purse, as well as marijuana debris in the center console and cup holder.

Both the driver and passenger were taken to the station for processing and the car was impounded.

WARRANT, I-77: A loud muffler led to a woman’s arrest at 11:45 a.m. Feb. 11.

The officer discovered the woman had a warrant from Cuyahoga Heights. She was taken to the police station to await pick up and charged for driving with a faulty muffler.

IMPAIRED DRIVER, I-77: After being uncooperative and trying to talk the officer into ditching evidence, a man was arrested for driving while impaired and possession of marijuana at 11:43 p.m. Feb. 10.

The officer stopped him because he noticed the man’s car weaving between lanes. An officer then saw that his eyes were bloodshot and he had marijuana debris on his pants and other places in his car.

Police also found an open can of beer in the car.

The driver tried to throw a homemade smoking pipe out the window at one point. The officer told him not to or he would be charged with littering.

While being arrested, the man ignored requests by the officer to get in his squad car and asked the officer if he could just throw the evidence to the side of the road and forget it.

The officer informed him that this was not an option and that if he didn’t comply, things would get physical.

Back at the station, the driver failed a field sobriety test and was charged for driving while impaired, driving with an open container and marijuana possession.

DRUG POSSESSION, I-77: An officer arrested a man after finding two bags of marijuana in his car during a routine traffic stop for lack of a front license plate at 4:24 p.m. Feb. 9.

Two passengers in the car were not charged and taken to the station to await pick up while the driver was held on $375 bond.

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